Love God

Asha Nayaswami

Without love, spiritual progress is like walking with crutches. It is slow work and hard work indeed.

Spreading Yogananda’s Light through Communities

Swami Kriyananda

Watch Swami Kriyananda share this deep inspiration on July 31, 1999, during the 50th anniversary of Yogananda’s garden party speech where he spoke strongly about the need for spiritual communities as part of his worldwide mission. Paramhansa Yogananda strongly advocated the building of spiritual communities, an idea which he discussed often with Swami Kriyananda, who was so stirred by the … Read More

Offer the Fruits of Service Back to the Divine from Whom It Comes

Nayaswami Devi, Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi

We all have varying degrees of success or failure in what we do. The best thing is to not take credit for ourselves but instead give the fruits of service back to the Divine. Nayaswami Devi shares this beautiful inspiration from the upcoming book The Heart of Seva about this important principle of seva/service. Recorded during Ananda’s Inner Renewal Retreat … Read More

Serve to Uplift Consciousness

Nayaswami Jyotish, Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi

When we serve, the mind has the tendency to be outward. And therefore we think we’re serving the bodies, or we’re serving the physical thing. But what we’re really trying to do is we’re trying to use that energy flow, to uplift consciousness. Nayaswami Jyotish shares this beautiful inspiration from his upcoming book The Heart of Seva about this important … Read More

Practicing the Presence of God

Shyama Garcia-Davis

Watch this inspiring Sunday Service talk with Shyama Arati Davis, recorded at Ananda Village on April 16th 2023. Every individual has a unique path to follow. But some practices and attitudes are essential to all who want to grow spiritually and find true happiness. Shyama shares those practices and how we can apply them in our daily life. The reading … Read More